Ubisoft continues to face repercussions from the shutdown of the racing action game The Crew. Recently, the company was sued by the organization UFC-Que Choisir, which defends consumer rights in France.
The Crew
In its lawsuit, UFC-Que Choisir claimed that Ubisoft misled buyers of The Crew. The organization pointed out that until the game's closure, the company never made it clear to gamers that they had not purchased The Crew itself, but only a temporary license to access the title.
Moreover, UFC-Que Choisir generally criticizes the practice of selling such licenses, which developers can revoke at any moment, thereby depriving gamers of the ability to play.
UFC-Que Choisir wants the court to require Ubisoft to compensate affected gamers and to reassess their approach to selling games.
It should be noted that Ubisoft removed The Crew from sale in December 2023, and three months later, switched off the game's servers. This provoked a great deal of outrage among gamers and even led to the emergence of the Stop Killing Games initiative, whose creators hope to prevent companies from destroying games.
UFC-Que Choisir is not the first to sue Ubisoft over the closure of The Crew. At the end of 2024, a lawsuit was also filed by two Californian gamers, but the current status of their case is unknown.